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0 pointsCydeWeys2y ago0 comments

You shouldn't be yelling at your boss's boss's boss in a large company forum. That's rank insubordination, and easily punishable with firing. Hell it could be punished with much worse than insubordination in other kinds of organizations; imagine a private yelling at a general when the entire corps is being reviewed.

Companies are indeed hierarchical, and sometimes it feels like people forget that. You can indeed be fired at any time, and this is exactly the kind of situation you can put yourself in to have it happen to you.

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catlikesshrimp2y ago

I live in a country which often uses the army to enforce law.

I say with no uncertainty that an army is different from any other institution. They even have their own judiciary (martial court).

Comparing Google to an army is... wrong in not only one sense.

CydeWeysOP2y ago

It's right in the relevant sense here, namely that there is a hierarchy in place that you will face consequences for disrespecting.

catlikesshrimp2y ago

Army consequences are not comparable (Jail or death vs unemployment), hierarchy is absolute and clear (nobody is "his own manager"), no BS discourse (speak your mind, we respect rights, etc) You can't resign as easily, specially when deployed

Maybe the US army is less violent and more civil

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catlikesshrimp2y ago

I live in a country which often uses the army to enforce law.

I say with no uncertainty that an army is different from any other institution. They even have their own judiciary (martial court).

Comparing Google to an army is... wrong in not only one sense.

CydeWeysOP2y ago

It's right in the relevant sense here, namely that there is a hierarchy in place that you will face consequences for disrespecting.

catlikesshrimp2y ago

Maybe the US army is less violent and more civil

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